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4 - Looking for God

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2024

Judith Wolfe
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University of St. Andrews
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This chapter moves from the imaginative inhabitation of the world in general to the question of religious faith in particular. Religious faith concerns both the objects of perception and their frame: God is both an object of (partly imaginative) apprehension and a frame for our perception of the world at large. Drawing on both anthropological and psychological scholarship and on C. S. Lewis’s theory of transposition, the chapter examines the inalienable role of imagination in the perception of God and the necessary limits of such imaginative engagement. It concludes with a discussion of the significance of acknowledging experiences that do not make sense.

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The Theological Imagination
Perception and Interpretation in Life, Art, and Faith
, pp. 105 - 126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Looking for God
  • Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews
  • Book: The Theological Imagination
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009519847.004
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  • Looking for God
  • Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews
  • Book: The Theological Imagination
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009519847.004
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  • Looking for God
  • Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews
  • Book: The Theological Imagination
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009519847.004
Available formats
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